"I also hope that this is fake, but the truth is right in front of me. I have no choice but to believe it!”
"After all, if it's true, the cost is really too high. It's so high that we can't afford it.”
"So I hope that when you see your senior brother later, you can directly reject him. No matter what he says, you can't agree.”
"According to Zhou Tong's personality, he would definitely have pressured you at the first moment, using his status as a senior brother to pressure you and make you make a choice.”
"Don't worry, he won't make a move. Seeing that this tactic of pressuring you isn't good, he will lure you with benefits and use the development hall to provide high-end goods to seduce you.”
"At a time like this, just say that if I help you, you won't be allowed to enter the Red Mansion for the rest of your life. Zhou Tong won't make things difficult for you.”
"But at this time, he will definitely leave. Moreover, his face will be very dark.”
"In order to prevent Zhou Tong from acting irrationally, tell him to wait for a year. After a year, he can play however he wants, no one will care about him.”
"He will definitely be here. Don't worry, even if you stay here tonight, he will definitely be waiting for you at the door.”
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Zhou Tong didn't know that he had been set up by his master. Even if he knew, it didn't matter, because the side Zhou Tong had displayed in front of his master was completely different from the side he had displayed to outsiders.
Zhou Tong returned home and took out a box from his drawer. The box contained several hundred puppets.
Beneath this box, there were several dozen other boxes, and Zhou Tong was sending qi into them.
The puppet in the box seemed to come alive, curiously sizing up everything around it. As Zhou Tong's Qi flow increased, the puppet also became more and more human-like.
"With so much Qi, it should be enough for you to move around for two years. Go, help me keep an eye on the fourth family.”
"As for you guys, during this period of time, go to the direction that the Fourth Family is responsible for and fight all the battles within Sand City.”
These were the puppets that Zhou Tong had refined using the Hundred Refinements of Divine Armament.
As long as these puppets were not damaged, they would look no different from normal people.
Compared to ordinary people, these puppets were much faster and more powerful. The specialized knowledge of fighting was Zhou Tong's ability.
The most important thing was that it was not afraid of pain and could enter places that people could not.
This was Zhou Tong's secret, a secret he had never told anyone.
As for those who joined the military and those who went abroad to handle matters, they were all people. They were responsible for settling things on the surface and things in the dark. They wanted to fight and kill people. These were all the puppets 'responsibility.
Zhou Tong's move was called pulling firewood from under the cauldron, cutting off the livelihood of the Fourth Master's family.
The Nine Gates were divided into the Upper Three Gates, the Ping Three Gates, and the Lower Three Gates. The Ping Three Gates 'only livelihood was to fight and sell for money.
The current situation was getting worse and worse. With the gunshot on July 7th, the entire Huaxia Country fell into deep water overnight.
The prices of all the materials changed every day, but they were all rising. Only the prices of antiques plummeted and reached a historical low.
As the leader of the Three Sects of Peace, his daily expenses were naturally not small. In order to maintain his livelihood, he could only send a large number of people to fight.
And the direction the Fourth Master's family was in charge of had already been swept by Zhou Tong in advance.
Even if they were lucky enough to encounter an unswept Dou, it would still be difficult for them to support the Fourth Master's family's huge consumption.
It was fine if it was a short time, but as time went on, the subordinates began to have crooked thoughts. They would either leave the Fourth Master's house and go to other families to make a living.
Or he could simply throw everything out the window and go to the other families 'buckets to find sand. But paper could not hide the fire, let alone Zhou Tong who was secretly stirring up the fire.
There were even some workers who simply faked it and made it old. It was fine if it happened once or twice. The regular customers thought that they were unlucky and did not care about it.
They were well aware of Lord Fourth's abilities and his credibility was guaranteed. However, as time passed, they discovered that most of the antiques and funerary objects they purchased were tampered with. How could they be willing to continue working with him?
In less than three months, the Fourth Master's family's reputation had been tarnished. There were no treasures and all of them were fake. Who would be willing to continue working with them?
With the loss of subordinates, the reputation of the hall had deteriorated. Coupled with the internal conflicts of the Nine Gates, the Fourth Master's family's business was getting worse by the day.
Originally, Lord Fourth's enemies had increased. Seeing Lord Fourth lose power, they were naturally unwilling to let him go.
Thus, they took the opportunity to work together and nibble away at the Fourth Master's family's bets. Zhou Tong did not participate in this matter.
In Lord Fourth's residence, the sound of things being smashed could be heard from the study.
This was because Zhou Tong had not only swept through the Fourth Master's territory, but had also moved the Fourth Master's family assets.
At this moment, Lord Fourth was like a paper tiger. He was good-looking but useless, and he was the only one left standing!
During this period, Lord Fourth was almost killed by his enemies several times. In the end, Lord Zeng came forward and resolved the conflict.
Lord Zeng could protect him once or twice, but he could not protect him forever. Lord Fourth was famous for having many enemies in Sand City.
At this moment, regardless of whether there were any conflicts before, those who had grudges came over to step on them.
Just as Lord Fourth was like a rat crossing the street, the dried orange peel was doing very well. On one hand, dried orange peel itself was very particular in its business. The number of goods and price were good.
On the other hand, Zhou Tong was also helping out with the dried orange peel. Every once in a while, he would provide the dried orange peel with a piece of fine quality so that it could become famous.
Most of the old customers of the Fourth Master's family had been swallowed up by the orange peel.
Chenpi's current reputation in Sand City was not inferior to Lord Fourth's. In fact, it was even higher than Lord Fourth's to a certain extent.
Some of them were not stingy and would even call Chen Pi Lord when they saw him.
The reputation of the Chenpi Fourth Master spread among the wealthy merchants in Sand City, causing the original Fourth Master to lose face.
Most importantly, Zhou Tong had even taken the initiative to take action, controlling the direction of the fishing boat, causing the wind to head toward the new Fourth Master of Sand City, Chen Pi.
Lord Fourth was originally a person who cared about his reputation and was easily jealous. After learning that there were two Lord Fourth's in Sand City, he immediately came to argue with Chen Pi.
However, when he returned home, he found that his family had been killed by his enemies. Lord Fourth found it difficult to accept this and completely collapsed.
Lord Fourth knew that this was not a coincidence. A large hand was pinching him, making it hard for him to breathe.
And all of this started after the February Red Gold Basin Washing Ceremony.
"Second Master, you're so ruthless. You didn't even let my seven or eight-year-old child off!”
Lord Fourth came to Zhou Tong's hall and sat across from him at the tea table. He spoke to Zhou Tong with a soulless expression.
"It has nothing to do with me. You have too many enemies. In the past six months, my subordinates, my weapons, and my own hands have never been stained with a drop of your family's blood.”
"So you can't blame me for this! Besides, your child didn't die. When I went there that day, I happened to save your daughter and sent her to a family in the countryside. That family is very good and has no enemies.”
Zhou Tong kept saying that he had saved Lord Fourth's daughter and that his daughter was doing well, so he didn't have to worry.
However, what Lord Fourth heard was that if you don't look presentable, then you can't blame me!
"Thank you, Second Master. I hope that family is really as good as you say!”
Lord Fourth said these words without any rhyme or reason, then turned and left. Early the next morning, Zhou Tong received news that Lord Fourth had hanged himself at home.
"Liu Quan, go and send some money to the family that adopted Fourth Master's daughter. Let them raise that child well!”
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Thank you, Big Boss Nine Heavens Star Lord, for your gift. Thank you, thank you!
I wrote two endings for Liu Quan's daughter. The other one is the one below. I don't know which one is more acceptable to everyone.
"Liu Quan, go and burn incense for Fourth Master's daughter.”
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